[mythtv] Help on changing mythsetup

Curtis Wood curtis at penguinbrat.com
Sun Dec 21 19:25:56 EST 2003 

I know my way around 'C', QT and C++ is rough at best for me, if you
want to - by all means ;-)

Curtis

On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 18:11, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> Ok, I was hacking with QStrings but if you want to.......
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> Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> That may be a good idea...
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> Sort of like LIRC:[REMOTE],[OPT2],[OPT3],[OPT4]
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> I'll do that...
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> Curtis
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> On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 17:37, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> > How about making it that if the external program in the input setup 
> starts 
> > with LIRC then it will use LIRC? So the external program could be "LIRC 
> > RCA" to use LIRC and the RCA remote definition in lircd.conf. 
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> > David F. Bakker
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> > Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> > It was in my first reply, but here it is again ;-) It's not in C++, just
> > straight C - I hope that isnt going to be an issue (it compiles just
> > fine), but it may be... Note, that in the source code the LIRC_WAIT is
> > set to 200000, I just had to bump it up to 300000 - something is
> > different in the way it changes channels from up/down to something
> > completely different.
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> > Curtis
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> > On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 16:14, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> > > easy enough. can you send the patch?
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> > > Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> > > There are 4 settings... 
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> > > REMOTE_CONTROL => is the corresponding remote name in the
> > > /etc/lircd.conf
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> > > LIRC_DEVICE => /dev/lircd or something else for multiple daemons (Im
> > > running remoted also, for the transmitter)
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> > > LIRC_WAIT => how long to wait between sends, I think this depends on
> > > your setup, Im currently at 0.3 seconds
> > > 
> > > STB_DIGITS => the number of digits for the STB, like if to enter a
> > > channel without hitting enter and not waiting for the timeout, 003 =
> > > channel 3.... I think satelite has 4 digits, while cable has 3 type of
> > > thing.
> > > 
> > > Now, everything is set as #defines in the source code, but obviously
> > > this would have to be configurable for the end user....
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> > > On Sun, 2003-12-21 at 15:53, DBakker at arrayasolutions.com wrote:
> > > > Sounds like a great patch. I look forward to testing it. How 
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> > > is 
> > > > it to configure without the setup piece done? If no too hard can you 
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> > > > it on now?
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> > > > Curtis Wood <curtis at penguinbrat.com> 
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> > > > Hi,
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> > > >   I've come up with a patch to MythTV that changes channels, with an
> > > > external changer (lirc), much faster than the default setup. It 
> talks
> > > > directly to lirc it self; while at the same time reseting and 
> > unpausing
> > > > the ring buffer - and doesnt go through an external script. The 
> > problem
> > > > arrises about configuring it though - you need to set the remote 
> > control
> > > > out of the /etc/lircd.conf, the device file (for more than one lircd
> > > > daemon), and a couple of other user definablable settings. I have no
> > > > idea where to start with the configuration, but I know from my setup 
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> > > > this patch is well worth it, goes from 3+ seconds to change channels 
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> > to
> > > > <1 second. 
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> > > > TIA,
> > > > Curtis
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